Wednesday, January 23, 2013

(WFB) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed Zionists collaborated with the Nazis during a recent interview with a Hezbollah-linked television station, raising concerns among Western experts that Abbas is resorting to anti-Semitic tropes in order to sure up support from his extremist governing coalition.

“I challenge anyone to deny the relationship between Zionism and Nazism before World War II,” Abbas said during an interview with Al-Mayadeen, a Beirut television station reputed to have ties to Hezbollah and Iran.

Abbas, who is viewed by the Obama administration and other Western nations as the voice of Palestinian moderation, went on to claim he has “70 more books that I still haven’t published” about the supposed collaboration between Jewish leaders and Nazis.

Abbas’ anti-Semitic statement signals an extremist shift in rhetoric that has led Western experts to speculate he is trying to win over allies in the terror group HamasPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed Zionists collaborated with the Nazis during a recent interview with a Hezbollah-linked television station, raising concerns among Western experts that Abbas is resorting to anti-Semitic tropes in order to sure up support from his extremist governing coalition.

“I challenge anyone to deny the relationship between Zionism and Nazism before World War II,” Abbas said during an interview with Al-Mayadeen, a Beirut television station reputedto have ties to Hezbollah and Iran.

Abbas, who is viewed by the Obama administration and other Western nations as the voice of Palestinian moderation, went on to claim he has “70 more books that I still haven’t published” about the supposed collaboration between Jewish leaders and Nazis.

Abbas’ anti-Semitic statement signals an extremist shift in rhetoric that has led Western experts to speculate he is trying to win over allies in the terror group Hamas, which recently approved a tenuous unity deal with the PA.